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Issue 4 September 12, 2014

A publication by the students of Maquoketa Valley High School

MV Dairy Judging team wins state title, will compete at nationals

On Sept. 6, members of the Ma-quoketa Valley FFA traveled to the 2014 State FFA dairy cattle evaluation career de-velopment event in West Union.

After competing in several differ-

and as also top in the production manage-ment phase of contest.

Individually Matthew Lansing was the state champion individual, Nick Bagge was 3rd individual, Kaleb Kruse

ent phases of competition the team from Maquoketa Valley was named state cham-pions overall and will represent Iowa at the National FFA convention in Louisville, Kentucky in October. The team won the speciality award awards of Oral Reasons, Pedigree Evaluation, Dairy Cattle judging

State champion Matthew Lansing You had great success at the state dairy judging contest. How did you prepare for it? Lot of practice and just being on a dairy farm and seeing cattle every day of my life really helps.

How long have you been actively in-volved in your family’s dairy operation? Since I was three

What was the hardest part of the com-petition? The long test

What are your career aspirations? Something in the AG feld

Members of the state championship team are Trent Westhoff, Kaleb Kruse, FFA Advisor Mrs. Mausser, Matthew Lan-sing and Nick Bagge.

Thursday, the team took frst place at the Tri-State Dairy Expo. Details will be in next week’s issue.

was 4th individual as well as 1st overall in the oral reasons and pedigree division and Trent Westhoff was 12th individual in the contest. The team was coached by FFA ad-visor Mrs. Mausser.

State champion Kaleb Kruse You had great success at the state dairy judging contest. How did you prepare for it? We spent a lot of extra time outside of school studying for the production manage-ment test and bonding as team. We also evaluated cattle on Labor Day. In addition three of us spent our summer on the 4-H Judging and Quiz Bowl teams. Nick and I participat-ed in the National Ayrshire Dairy Bowl Contest in June. We also got a Dairy Bible from Mrs. Mausser that we used to study.

How long have you been actively involved in your family’s dairy operation? I own with my brothers that includes 28 head of registered dairy cattle. Our farm prefx is KCCK that stands for Kaleb, Cole and Carter Kruse. My other Supervised Agricultural Experience is a placement SAE in which I am a farmhand on my family dairy farm, P&A Ayrshires. As a farmhand my duties include feeding calves, managing the show string, mix and feed tmr, haul manure, bed sheds, crop work, assist with herd health, DHIA testing, and embryo work. I also assist with daily chores.

What was the hardest part of the competition? The dairy management test was a challenge for me. It involved story problems with tons of math. I have to work extremely hard at this.

What are your career aspirations? My future plans are to attend UW-Platteville and major in dairy science. I also hope to become a licensed auctioneer in the next two summers. My future career would be to run the family farm at P&A-KCCK and operate dairy sales to support my hobby of owning high genomic animals.

Football team defeats Monticello, goes 2-0 by Shaylyn Trenkamp

Maquoketa Valley moved their re-cord up to 2-0 last Friday when they took on the Monticello Panthers on the Panther’s home feld.

Starting off scoring for the Wild-cats and leading with 220 rushing yards for the game was Ryan Parmely scoring the frst touchdown of the game. Steve Huber made the extra point with the feld goal which brought the Wildcats up to seven points with just over eight minutes left in the quarter.

Bringing the heat in the second quarter, the Wildcats scored 22 points with three touchdowns from Parmely, two feld goals right on target from Huber, followed by a two point conversion also by Huber.

The Wildcats kept the game mov-ing along in the third quarter, with one touchdown from Ryan Parmely with a pass from Jeremy Fischer, and one rushing touchdown from Steve Huber.

A key play in the game was the screen pass, early third quarter, that Par-mely broke for a long TD that gave MV a three-score lead. “That really swung the momentum in our favor and gave us a lot of confdence,” stated Coach Wilson.

The Cats fnished off the game with another touchdown in the fourth, bringing the fnal score to 50-21.

Statistics from the night: Passing yards: Jeremy Fischer, 128. Rushing yards: Zak Harbach, 1; Steve Huber, 39; Jeremy Fischer, 21; Trevor Koopmann, 103; Ryan Parmely, 220; Kaleb Handel, 1. Receiving yards: Zak Harbach, 31; Zach Salow, 6; Trevor Koopmann, 13; Ryan Parmely, 78.

Ryan Parmely weaves his way through Monticello players, for one of his many long runs of the night. (photos by Shaylyn Trenkamp)

Tackles: Dylan Wright, 3; Steve Huber, 7; Jeremy Fischer, 1; Riley Klos-er, 3; Colton Nefzger, 3; Zach Salow, 4; Trevor Koopmann, 4; Ryan Parmely, 8; Lu-kas Wilson, 2; Mason Hermanson, 1; Rob Bockenstedt, 5; Alec McDowell, 4; Curtis Nefzger, 2; Kody Orcutt, 2; Kalvin Orcutt, 2. Assists: Riley Kloser, 2; Trevor Koop-mann, 2; Ryan Parmely, 2; Rob Bockenst-edt, 1; Alec McDowell, 5; Curtis Nefzger, 2; Kody Orcutt, 1; Kalvin Orcutt, 2. Sacks: Ryan Parmely, 1; Rob Bockenstedt, 1.

Coach Wilson stated, “Our de-fense does a nice job of getting stronger as the game goes on. Coach Moenck does an excellent job of making adjustments and putting our kids in position to make plays.”

Steve Huber was 6 for 6 on extra point attempts. Kicking yards: Steve Hu-ber, 38; Ryan Parmely, 168; Rob Bocken-stedt, 131. Punting yards: Ryan Parmely, 102.

Tonight the Cats host East Bu-chanan for Pack the Stands night.

Above: The Wildcats’ quarterback Jeremy Fischer picks up some rushing yards on a beautiful Friday night under the lights in Monticello.

Who is your celebrity crush?

by Destiny Clayborne Megan McNamara- Theo James Ali Sheehy- Cory Monteith Cassie Schwandt- Michael Clifford Bobby Blair- Jennifer Aniston Amanda Fortman- Dylan O’brien Keegan Hayne- Mac Miller Mitch Stender- Kate Upton Audrey Sheehy- Luke Bryan Heather Sabers- Luke Bryan Brody Severt- Mila Kunis or Jennifer Lawrence Mitch Nuzil- Jennifer Lawrence Missy Schwandt- Beyonce

Student of the week Tiffany Hoeger

Fine Artists of the Week Name: Riley Kay Sternhagen Activity: Fall musical

What role do you play in the musical? Dorothy Gale

How are you like/not like your character? I’m clearly like my character because we both seem to have a hard time staying out of trouble. :)

What’s your favorite part of the show? It’s defnitely early in the show, but I can tell I’ll love the munchkin scene because Kristin Brehm was born to play a sassy munchkin.

What would surprise people about the show? Now if I told you that, it wouldn’t be a surprise, would it?

What’s your favorite part of rehearsal? I love getting to be a different person and interacting with others. I also really enjoy watching the new people make their own characters. I’m very proud of everyone this year.

Who is your drama role model? Erin Horst Students challenged to prepare

Athletes of the Week Name: Shawnae Hoeger Sport: Volleyball

What do you enjoy most about volleyball? I enjoy the competi-tiveness, and the good feeling after winning tough matches.

What’s your favorite drill in practice? Baseball

What’s your least favorite drill in prac-tice? Serve and Chase

What’s your goal for this season? My individual goal is to improve on my back row skills, and increase on how many aces and digs I get each game. My team goal is to go to state, and win three matches in a row with zero miss-serves.

What has made this year unique for you? We are not only a team, but a family. We all stick up for one another. We help lift each other up, and it gives us conf-dence to not make the same mistake again.

What’s your favorite memory from be-ing involved in this volleyball? There are so many, but I love hanging with the back row girls and attempting to twerk on the sidelines in practice.

You have started tutoring. What do you enjoy most about it? I enjoy being able to help someone when they need it.

Why did you decide to do it? I decided to do it because I love helping people and working with others.

What class do you enjoy most? Anatomy and pre-calc

What are your future plans? How will tutoring now help you with that? My fu-ture plans are to go on to a four year college for nursing. Tutoring will help me with that because it forces me to listen to what the student needs help with and gives me an idea on what it is like to help someone.

—Tiffany was nominated by Mr. Tuetken.

Mr. Tuetken spoke with the high school stu-dents on Monday to stress the importance of being prepared in case of a school intruder. Students were given directions about where to go and were challenged to think about es-cape routes from each classroom and ways to protect themselves.

Congratulations to the following students who were elected to serve as

class offcers: Seniors: President--Steve Huber, Vice-President--Zach Salow, Secre-tary/Treasurer--Savannah Salow

Juniors: President--Angie Wilson, Vice-President--Megan Mensen, Sec-retary/Treasurer--Emily LaGrant

Sophomores: President--Alec Mc-Dowell, Vice-President--Clint Krapf, Secretary/Treasurer--Nichole Winter

Freshmen: President--Abby Holtz, Vice-President--Tyson Tucker, Secre-tary/Treasurer--Brittany Sabers

Meet the Freshmen

Megan Beaman, Josie Young and Tanner Parmely

Name: Josie Young Step-Siblings: Preston and Chloe Activities you plan to be in: FFA, basket-ball, Spanish, play, golf, softball Favorite subject: intro to ag Career aspirations: air force pilot, ag busi-ness Hobbies: shooting hoops, shopping Something cool about you: I shop a lot.

Name: Megan Beaman Siblings: Logan, Ryan, Kody, Karson, Kiersten Activities you plan to be in: soccer, musi-cal, play, speech Favorite subject: art Career aspirations: therapist Hobbies: running 5K Something cool about you: I like to have fun.

Name: Tanner Parmely Siblings: Brooke, Ryan Activities you plan to be in: football, wres-tling, baseball, FFA Favorite subject: science Career aspirations: farming, wrestling coach Hobbies: hunting, sports, fshing, farming Something cool about you: I’m a cool person.

—typist: Mikaela Reth

Macy’s Meage by Macy Anderegg

Once you become engaged in a sport for a pe-riod of time with the same group of people, I believe they become a part of your family. Well to me they are anyways.

I was so excited to start this sea-son mainly because I knew it was going to be a great year, even if that means not win-ning every game. I thought this because the girls who are on the team’s this year love the sport. They aren’t here just to do some-thing before another activity or they feel like they are forced to be here. I love the passion and work ethic that we all share.

This is also common in our coach-es, Hannah Grow and Melissa Dutra. Our seniors show great leadership. It’s some-thing about the activities you love when you decide to go out for another year when it’s not always about playing the sport but being around the positive minds.

Angie’s Angle by Angie Wilson

The movie “She’s the Man” is a big part of my life. Well in the fact that when doubt-ing what movie I should watch on a sunday night, it’s always there for me. If anyone has seen it you might recognize this quote:

“Be not afraid of Greatness, Some are born Great,

Some achieve greatness, and some have greatness

thrust upon them”

Shakespeare was expressing that everyone is great! Everyone has his or her own way of getting there. Some get that greatness handed to them. Others work hard to receive greatness. But for some of us have the heart and the desire not matter what the goal is to be great. Don’t be afraid of succeeding. Don’t be afraid of not suc-ceeding. Let insecurities slowly fade and realize that everyone is great in his or her own way.

Do’s and Don’ts of Football Season by Shaylyn Trenkamp

In honor of tonight being the frst home foot-ball game of the season, I’m dedicating this week’s do’s and don’ts to football! Here are your tips on making the best of the rest of this season!

Do come support the Wildcats tonight! (and every other Friday!) It’s Pack the Stands night so come represent and cheer on our boys at home.

Don’t forget the black and gold and your MV spirit (this should be a given).

Do plan it up: carpools, dress-up themes, plans before/after the games, meeting up with other friends, etc.

Don’t neglect the weather; be prepared for all that football season may bring!

Do tell our football boys good luck before each football game and good job after. They all work super hard, and that hard work doesn’t deserve to go unnoticed.

Do have a great Football Friday! Good luck, boys! :)

by Destiny Clayborne

This week’s cutie... is a sopho-more. has blonde hair. is in softball, track, basket-ball. has an older sister who is a senior. has a younger sister. is in choir. is from Hopkinton.

The last Cutie was Madison Imler.

Volleyball team hosts tournament, goes 2-1

Cutet Couple Best Buds

Caitlin Schuman & Morgan Mantern-ach by Annie Fjelstul How long have you been friends? 6 years

What do you like to do for fun? Go driving around with Nate

What’s your most embarrassing mo-ment together? Well for Caitlin... Caitlin showed Morgan a patch of hair on her leg longer than the average male’s.

Do you have any nicknames for each other? Morgan calls Caitlin Cait and Space Case Caitlin calls Morgan Mooooorg

Brittany Sabers & Clint Krapf by Heather Sabers How long have you been dating? 1 month

What do you do for fun? Ride around on Clint’s moped :)

Any nicknames? Clint: Brittles Brittany: Clint

Describe your relationship in one word. Fun-loving

The Wildcats hosted a tournament Tues-day night and fnished the evening 2-1, taking wins from MFL-MarMac and Cedar Valley Christian. Their loss was against Tipton. Left: Shawnae Hoeger prepares for serve receive. Below: Annie Fjelstul prepares an attack. (photos by Mikaela Reth)

Homecoming Court announced Freshman Attendant and Escort:

Abby Holtz and Brock Hillers Sophomore Attendant and Escort:

Kari Nefzger and Jacob Bonert Junior Attendant and Escort:

Shawnae Hoeger and Michael Lewis Honor Attendants and Escorts:

Chalisa (Minnie) Chalitbhan and Andrew Palmersheim

Victoria Agromayor and Ben Thomp-son

Queen Candidates and Escorts: Annie Fjelstul and Greg Guetzko Ashley Holtz and Michael Mast Morgan Manternach and Dylan

Salow Heather Sabers and Clay Wil-lenbring

King Candidates: Steve Huber

Curtis Nefzger Derek Salow Zach Salow

Clay Willenbring

The Cat Box opinions, ideas and random thoughts from the staff of The Wildcat Echo

A meow to students taking the PSAT.

A meow to the munchkins for rockin’ it at practice on Tuesday.

A furball to the whole Ray Rice ordeal. There are a lot of fngers to point, but pointing them at the

victim won’t help.

A meow to students who thought about Suicide Prevention Day on Wednesday. The power of a smile

may mean the world to someone.

A meow to the excitement brewing about the Iowa-Iowa State football game tomorrow.

A meow to students who volunteer in class.

A furball to students who leave trash on their desks or on the foor.

A furball to the Enterovirus D68 that’s making its way throughout the Midwest. Same goes for the Ebola virus.

A meow to students who are thor-oughly washing their hands with soap and water to stay healthy.

Hand sanitizer won’t cut it.

A meow to our recently announced homecoming court.

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Hall Smarts by Emily LaGrant

It seems like everyone’s excited about The Wizard of Oz gracing our stage this fall. I know I am. But before the musical, let’s see what every-one knows about the movie. The contestants are: Heath Gibbs, Rebecca Hill, Sienna Becker and Alec Klostermann.

Who played Dorothy in the original movie? Heath: I have no idea Rebecca: I don’t know Sienna: I have never seen it so... Alec: I don’t know A: Judy Garland

What are the little people in Oz called? Heath: Munchkins Rebecca: Munchkins Sienna: Munchkins Alec: Munchkins A: Munchkins

The Wizard of Oz recently celebrated which anniversary? Heath: 30 Rebecca: 50 Sienna: a power of ten Alec: 47th A: 75th anniversary

What is the famous ballad that Dorothy sings? Heath: Somewhere over the rainbow (thanks Clint) Rebecca: Somewhere over the rainbow Sienna: Somewhere over the rainbow Alec: I don’t know A: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

What is Dorothy told to follow to get to Oz? Heath: The yellow brick road Rebecca: The yellow brick road Sienna: The Yellow Brick Road Alec: The yellow brick road A: The yellow brick road

The winners this week were Sienna, Heath and Rebecca. Each snagged 3 points each. Alec was last with 2 points. Looks like some of the student body needs to sit down for a movie night before the musical this year. Nice try, Cats!

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MV the week of SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 1. HS Senior Announcements

Meeting - Auditorium - Offcers at 11:02 AM / Rest of Class at 11:10 AM

2. High School Speech Audi-tions - HS Room 205 - 5:30 PM-8:30 PM

3. High School FFA Offcers’ Meeting - HS Room 307 - 7:00 PM

4. High School Musical Practice - Auditorium - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 1. HS Junior Class to UNI Col-

lege Fair at UNI (Leave at 8:20 AM) 2. HS Cross Country at Star-

mont - 5:00 PM (Bus Leaves at 3:10 PM) 3. High School Speech Audi-

tions - HS Room 205 - 3:45 PM-5:30 PM 4 HS 9/JV/V Volleyball -

HOME - Central City - 5:15 PM 5. High School Musical Prac-

tice - Auditorium - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 1. High School Speech Audi-

tions - HS Room 205 - 6:50 AM to 7:50 AM / 3:15 PM to 5:30 PM

2. SCHOOL PICTURES at Delhi Elementary, MS & HS - 8:00 AM / Staff at 7:30 AM

3. High School Speech Audi-tions - HS Room 205 - 6:50 AM to 7:50 AM / 3:45 PM to 5:30 PM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 1. High School Speech Audi-

tions - HS Room 205 - 6:50 AM to 7:50 AM / 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

2. MV School Board Meeting -MS Conference Room - 6:00 PM

3. High School Musical Prac-tice - Auditorium - 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

4. High School FFA Monthly Meeting - HS Room 307 - 7:30 PM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 1. HS Cross Country at Cas-

cade (Filmore Golf Course) - 4:30 PM (Bus Leaves at 3:10 PM)

4. HS Varsity Football - HOME - Edgewood / Colesburg - One Game Starting at 7:00 PM

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 1. HS FFA to District Livestock

Judging Contest at Guttenberg - 9:00 AM 2. HS Varsity Volleyball at

West Delaware - 9:00 AM (Bus Leaves at 7:30 AM)

3. HS 9th Volleyball at Western Dubuque in Epworth - 9:00 AM (Bus Leaves at 7:50 AM)